14 Central Michigan University Center for Charter Schools.
1999. Educational Service Provider Policies. Available at http://www.cmucso.org/Lead/oversight/Model/ESPPolicies.pdf. Last accessed on Feb. 26, 2007.

15 Depending on a particular state's charter school law, these regulations might include requirements regarding health and safety, reporting, student admission, curriculum, length of school day or year, teacher certification, and so on. For more on this issue, see U.S.Department of Education, Office of the Under Secretary.
2004. Evaluation of the Public Charter Schools Program: Final Report. Washington, D.C.: Author. Available at http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/choice/pcsp-final/finalreport.pdf. Last accessed on Jan. 24, 2007.

17 For example, see Minutes of the Regular Meeting of
the Massachusetts Board of Education, May 24, 2005. Available at http://www.doemass.org/boe/minutes/05/0524reg.doc. Last accessed on Jan. 25, 2007. Also see Hooper, K. 2005, oct. 6. "City orders a charter school
shut." Indianapolis Star, p. A01.

19 For example, see Lake, R. 2006, Feb. Holding Charter
Authorizers Accountable: Why It Is Important and How It Might Be Done. National Charter School Research Project (NCSRP) White Paper Series, no 1. Seattle, Wash.: Center on Reinventing Public Education. Available at http://www.ncsrp.org/downloads/nCSRP_AuthAcct_WPno1_Feb06web.pdf. Last accessed on Jan. 25, 2007.
Also see Palmer, L.B. and Gau, R. 2003, June. Charter School Authorizing: Are States Making the Grade? Washington, d.C.: Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

20 For a discussion of these issues, see Lake, R. 2006,
Feb. Holding Charter Authorizers Accountable: Why It Is
Important and How It Might Be Done. National Charter
School Research Project (NCSRP) White Paper Series,
No 1. Seattle, Wash.: Center on Reinventing Public Education.
Available at http://www.ncsrp.org/downloads/
nCSRP_AuthAcct_WPno1_Feb06web.pdf. Last accessed
on Jan. 25, 2007.

21 See Ziebarth, T. 2006. Stunting Growth: The Impact
of State-imposed Caps on Charter Schools. Washington, D.C.: National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.

23 City of Indianapolis, Office of the Mayor. 2005. Charter
School Accountability Handbook for Mayor-sponsored Charter Schools, 4th Edition. Indianapolis, Ind.: Author. Available at http://www.indygov.org/nR/rdonlyres/3B3431BC-A372 -49C2-A2BF-465C73C6309A/0/IndyAccountabilityHandbook121506.pdf. Last accessed on June 13, 2007.

26 For further information about how Massachusetts Defines these criteria, see Massachusetts Department of
Education. 2006. Massachusetts Charter School Common
School Performance Criteria. Malden, Mass.: Author.
Available at http://www.doe.mass.edu/charter/guides/
commoncriteria.pdf. Last accessed on Jan. 25, 2007.

29 The University of the State of New York and the State
Education Department. 2003. Report to the Governor,
the Temporary President of the Senate, and the Speaker
of the Assembly on the Educational Effectiveness of
the Charter School Approach in New York State. Available
at http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/psc/5yearreport/
fiveyearreport.htm. Last accessed on Jan. 25, 2007.